#10478: Shorter import syntax -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: acowley | Owner: Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.10.1 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Type of failure: None/Unknown | Unknown/Multiple Blocked By: | Test Case: Related Tickets: | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by Yuras): Note that currently the next is allowed: {{{#!haskell import Data.Map as M (Map) }}} Different semantics based on order of parens and `as` is too ambiguous and hard to remember IMO. Also, the existing convention to import data type unqualified and the rest qualified is some kind of a hack working around lack of nested namespaces. In the ideal world `Data.Map` should export functions qualified. Like the next: {{{#!haskell module Data.Map (Map, namespace Map) where data Map = ... namespace Map where length :: Map -> Int length ... }}} -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10478#comment:2 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler